Craig Kelly: 'I'm this year's underdog'

Craig Kelly has admitted that he is an underdog on Strictly Come Dancing.

However, the Coronation Street star insisted that he has potential and can improve on the show.

"I am certainly the underdog right now, but I would like to think the public think I have got potential and am not just a bit of a character," he told The Sun.

"I didn't come into this show to be known as someone who couldn't dance. I think what the judges are doing to me is a bit of tough love.

"My dance partner Flavia [Cacace] knows there is a good dancer in me. We have seen it in training, but I haven't quite managed to fire on all cylinders and that is frustrating."

However, former judge Arlene Phillips told the paper: "There is nobody worse in the show than him. He's one of the worst dancers ever on the show."

Strictly continues tonight at 6.50pm on BBC One.